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Abudefduf sexfasciatus

Kōmutumutu

Scissortail Sergeant

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Scissortail Sergeant, Stripetail Damsel, Convict Damselfish; German Scherenschwanz-Sergeant; French Sergent-major à Queue en Ciseaux

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kōmutumutu (RR TS TW), Tapa‘uru (MG), Pakeke (AT MK MT), Maomao (AK), Kotimu Moana? (PK); Other Polynesian - Mamo (TAH); COMMENT: Mutumutu means "banded".

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn; n. to s.Japan; s. to Lord Howe - Rapa

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; PLUS: S.Group. RR and AK. Outer reef-slope, 5-18 metres.; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: To 17cm SL.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	P				++++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
SYNONYMS: Labrus sexfasciatus [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Perciformes; Labroidei; POMACENTRIDAE, Pomacentrinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: field ID N.Sims (Sims88). Aitutaki: field ID N.Sims (Sims88); fieldsight, lagoon, 12/2000, GMcC. Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.169 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate 79e Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.248 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.381 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 74-02 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 61-05 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 742 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, zupM06a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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